Thoracoscopic microsurgical excision of a thoracic schwannoma

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 898-902

  Dickman, Curtis A ^a   Apfelbaum, Ronald I ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Microsurgery; Schwannoma neurofibroma; Spinal lesion; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031926067     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.5.0898     Document Type: Article

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